Sounding teething toy



Sept. 13, 1955 D. P. MOORE SOUNDING TEETHING TOY Original Filed Feb. 2, 1950 INVENT OR United States Patent SOUNDING TEETHING TOY David Pelton Moore, Glen Oaks, N. Y., assignor of onehalf to John G. G. Men-ow, New York, N. Y.

Original application February 2 1950 Serial No. 141 829. Divided and this application Jamiary 9, 195a, S erial No. 330,489

3 Claims. (Cl. 46178) The present invention relates to improvements in a sounding teething toy, and more particularly to a toy that can be used as a teething ring, one object of the invention being the provision of a hollow compressible and infiatable ball having an encircling tire-shaped projecting ring that forms a teething ring, and in addition thereto one or more whistles, so that the baby while biting the ring can manipulate a whistle by operating the compressible and self-inflating ball.

In order that the invention may be fully understood and its usefulness and advantages appreciated, attention is invited to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side view of the toy embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end view taken at right angles to that of Fig. 1, with a portion in section.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates a circling ring, which forms the teething ring of the present device, the portion 11 thereof being hollow. A compressible self-inflating ball 13 is carried by this ring 10, there being openings 14 that lead from within the ball into the ring 10. Disposed within the ring 11 adjacent to each opening 14 and aligned with the outer openings 16,

are two apertured partitions 15, which constitute a whistle at four points of the device, as illustrated.

This toy may be made of any applicable material, such as polyethylene, or rubber, and the ball may be made with its walls closer, that is, elliptical, where desired. One or more whistles may be used in this toy, and the 2,717,473 Patented Sept. 13, 1955 toy is cast preferably in two sections to be cemented together. I

This application is a division of an application filed February 2, 1950, Serial No. 141,829, now abandoned.

What is claimed, is:

1. A toy consisting of a ring containing a chamber having a pair of radially aligned openings within the annulus body thereof, a compressible and self-inflatable ball mounted within the ring circle and secured to the ring, the said ball being provided with inlet-outlet openings in an airtight matched relation to those of the ring, and a whistle mounted in said chamber, whereby when the ball is compressed or self-inflated the whistle is blown.

2. A toy consisting of a ring containing chambers at spaced intervals within the annulus body thereof, each chamber having a pair of radially aligned openings, a plurality of whistles carried by the ring, one to each chamber, and a compressible and self-inflatable ball mounted within the ring circle and secured to the ring, said ball being provided with inlet-outlet openings at spaced positions and joined in airtight matched relation to those of the ring, whereby when the ball is compressed or self-inflated the whistles are blown.

3. A toy consisting of a compressible and self-inflatable ball provided with aligned spaced openings in its wall, an encircling annular projection secured to the exterior of the ball, said projection at points adjacent to the openings of the ball being provided with chambers into which the openings lead and itself being provided with openings in its wall aligned with the openings of the ball, and a whistle mounted in each chamber to be operated as the ball is deflated and inflated.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,014,302 Hawley Jan. 9, 1912 1,236,290 Griflin Aug. 7, 1917 1,489,550 Shafier Apr. 8, 1924 2,112,316 Turner Mar. 19, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS 13,503 Great Britain 1893 

